Jordan has seen a decrease in the number of tourists visiting its famed ancient city of Petra and other sites since the Gaza ...

Jordan has experienced a sharp drop in visitors to its ancient city of Petra and other sites since war broke out in Gaza almost two years ago. Figures released by the Petra Development and Tourism ...

Discovery Channel’s popular show “Expedition Unknown” was on site to document the discovery of 12 human skeletons and ...

Petra is home to more than 600 hypogea, tombs carved into the rocky walls of the valley. Many are simple burial chambers with loculi—niches in which to lay the dead—with no external decoration.

Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.

Reconstructing Petra Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a picture of Jordan’s compelling rock city ...

Petra: Lost City of Stone Season 42 Episode 5 | 53m 36s | CC In a daring experiment, an archaeologist and sculptors team up to carve an iconic temple-tomb to find out how the ancient people of ...

Petra, which 2,000 years ago was on the thriving caravan trade route for frankincense and spices, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

It was 1983 and Petra was one of the biggest and best “Christian rock” bands in the world. That meant that they sold more records and tickets than about ten other groups, but it was impressive ...